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Saina, Sindhu, Prannoy enter second round of China Open

Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal made perfect starts to their campaigns at the China Open Super Series Premier by entering the women's singles second round with straight game wins over their respective rivals here on Wednesday.

Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal made perfect starts to their campaigns at the China Open Super Series Premier by entering the women's singles second round with straight game wins over their respective rivals here on Wednesday.

While Saina made short work of USA's Beiwan Zhang, second seed Sindhu had to dig deep to get the better of Sayaka Sato of Japan.

Saina, who recently won the National Championships beating Sindhu in the final, hardly broke a sweat and needed exactly 30 minutes to tame Zhang 21-12 21-13 in her tournament opener.

If that was not enough, Ponappa's campaign ended in the tournament when she and Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy fought hard before losing 19-21 21-17 13-21 to Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen in the opening round of the mixed doubles.

In the last match of the day, another Indian men's doubles made early exit in the form of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who were shown the door by top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.

Manu and Sumeeth lost 18-21 15-21 against their higher- rated Indonesian opponents.